Dear All, I can see from some of the comments on my first blog yesterday that blogging and nuance don't mix well. As I said, I liked Buckley somewhat and I would never celebrate his death except to the extent that he, as a Catholic, would want me to. All I was saying...

Sheldon Richman on the passing of William F. Buckley Jr.: Looking over his rich biography, I can't help but take away the impression that one of his goals in life was to make the pro-liberty, anti-state movement safe – unthreatening to the establishment. … The...

From a CBS News interview with William F. Buckley: Buckley finds himself parting ways with President Bush, whom he praises as a decisive leader but admonishes for having strayed from true conservative principles in his foreign policy.In particular, Buckley views the...